When She Stops Playing Nice

Chapter 10

After pocketing the bank card, Gina glanced at Mason, who was lurking behind Ethan. She signaled. “Bring him here.”

Fuming, Ethan, blaming Mason for his humiliation, grabbed him and threw him in front of Gina.

Gina flexed her wrist and landed a punch on Mason’s trembling face, causing his teeth to rattle and sending him crashing to the ground, his world going dark.

With her foot pressing down on Mason’s face, Gina demanded, “Delete the post, clear my name, and apologize.”

Tears and snot running down his face, Mason blubbered. Tll delete it. Please, get off me. I’m sorry, I screwed up, I’m the

Worst

Aria scoffed. “Suddenly all apologetic, huh? Thought you were Mr. Tough Guy.”

While sobbing. Mason scrambled to access the campus network on his phone, deleted the defamatory post, and published an apology under his real name.

Aria commented on the post right away. [All fluff, no stuff. Seriously, who buys this trashy gossip?]

Some recognized Aria’s account and, looking to curry favor or genuinely outraged, slammed the original post for spreading

Tumors.

Yet, others sensed something off about Mason’s apology, speculating he might have been threatened. But it was hard to imagine who would bother defending Gina, notorious as she was.

The apology stirred less buzz than the original rumor, but Gina wasn’t bothered. She knew many didn’t care for the truth; they just relished the chance to stomp on her a bit more.

The whole mess killed Ethan’s mood for drinking, prompting him to leave.

bid Aria farewell and returned to her downtown

to manage the 600 million

to Clago Orphanage and the rest to build schools in impoverished areas,” Gina instructed.

Orphanage was where Cina grew up, under the care of a kind–hearted director who often dipped into his own pockets to keep

“Understood,” Michael responded.

someone else is digging into

raised an eyebrow.

a son. The couple was

orphanage. Before she could act on it, tragedy struck: the couple was found dead, their family wiped out, and the son

them.

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killer. And she was not the only one who was still looking

biological

down the boy before, only finding a severed

her memories, Gina clenched her eyes shut. The murder was executed with brutal efficiency, leaving

tear

they take the bait. She instructed Michael, keen on unmasking the perpetrator.

Gina hit the shower, then flopped onto her bed and messaged someone named “Neil” on WhatsApp.

Wait, scratch that. How about you come over for dinner tomorrow? You bailed before I could properly thank you for saving

to check up on Neil’s recovery. Rather than giving out her address, she sent him a pin to a nearby bus stop. [Just

Neil replied: [Deal!]

day, Gina stood by the bus stop when a Maybach slowly pulled up.

Gina nodded.

pick you up. Please, after you, the driver said,

along two jars of the